@Dennis Edell — I understand where you are coming from regarding initial product releases from Microsoft, but I feel Windows 7 is quite a bit different. As noted above, the amount of testing and two huge public beta releases did a very good job of resolving bugs that normally would have lingered until an SP1. I think Microsoft got it right this time from the beginning.

@Modern Street — yes, the decision on whether to upgrade from XP to Win 7 can be a tricky call. Some of that decision may hinge on the age of the computer running XP. I think many people running XP on a computer more than 3 years old will wait until they replace their computer. On a newer computer (1-3 years old) running XP that someone plans on having for a few more years it may make more sense to spend the time and money to move to Windows 7 now and get a few years use out of it. Still not a cut and dry decision though.